HC Deb 19 July 1979 vol 970 cc799-800W
Mr. Marlow

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the movement of female full-time earnings as a proportion of male full-time earnings on an annual basis since 1968.

Mr. Jim Lester

The average hourly earnings of full-time women employees, as a percentage of the corresponding figure for men, has moved as follows since 1970:

1970 63.0
1970 63.7
1972 64.5
1973 64.2
1974 65.8
1975 70.4
1976 73.5
1977 74.0
1978 72.5

The information relates to April in each year. Comparable figures are not available for 1968 and 1969.

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